guanosine-triphosphate and 5--(4-fluorosulfonylbenzoyl)adenosine

The nucleotide triphosphatase (NTPase) activity of Entamoeba species and of Entamoeba histolytica strains, was compared. In all cases, with the exception of Entamoeba moshkovskii, the enzyme was activated by Ca2+ and not by Mg2+ and preferentially hydrolysed UTP with decreasing activity for ATP and GTP. The NTPase activity was associated with both the intracellular and the plasma membrane sulphonylbenzoyl-adenosine (FSBA) of trophozoites in which the ATP-site was facing externally, as shown by fluoroinhibition of NTPase activity and protection by the substrate added prior to FSBA. The highest surface activity was found in Entamoeba invadens and in the virulent E. histolytica HM1-A clone (HM1-IMSS passaged thrice through hamster liver). Significant lower activity was observed in non-pathogenic Entamoeba spp. The addition of ATP to cultures of pathogenic amoebae resulted in cell growth inhibition and lysis. This deleterious effect of adding ATP to the cultures was reversed by the addition of Ca2+. ATP hydrolysis by the amoeba may alter extracellular ATP-dependent processes in the host, which may be important for the survival of the amoeba in vivo.

Topics: Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; Adenosine; Adenosine Triphosphate; Affinity Labels; Animals; Calcium; Cell Membrane; Cell Membrane Permeability; Cricetinae; Entamoeba; Entamoeba histolytica; Enzyme Activation; Guanosine Triphosphate; Hydrolysis; Magnesium; Nucleoside-Triphosphatase; Substrate Specificity; Time Factors; Uridine Triphosphate

The protein kinase activity associated with purified influenza virus has been examined. By use of a radiolabelled photoreactive ATP analogue (3'-O-(4-benzoyl) benzoyl adenosine triphosphate) a 47 kD polypeptide has been identified that binds ATP. A comparison of the sensitivity of the kinase activity and the 47 kDa polypeptide labelling to inhibitors indicate that the 47 kDa polypeptide is likely to represent the major protein kinase activity of the virus. The virus associated protein kinase phosphorylates the synthetic peptide RREEETEEE, a peptide substrate for casein kinase II. Antiserum directed against casein kinase II revealed a positive signal in immunoblots of purified virus. We propose that the major protein kinase activity associated with purified virus preparations is host cell casein kinase II.

Topics: Adenosine; Adenosine Triphosphate; Allantois; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Calcium; Casein Kinases; Cyclic AMP; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Ethylmaleimide; Guanosine Triphosphate; Heparin; Immunoblotting; Influenza A virus; Kinetics; Molecular Sequence Data; Photochemistry; Protein Kinases

Bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase was covalently modified by 5'-[4-fluorosulfonyl)benzoyl]adenosine (4-FSO2BzAdo). The modified enzyme lacks the ability to catalyze RNA synthesis from the phi 10 promoter of bacteriophage T7; both promoter and GTP binding being markedly decreased. The mild hydrolysis of the ester bond of 4-FSO2BzAdo within the covalent enzyme-inhibitor complex restores the RNA synthesis at a lower rate. Sequence studies show that Lys172 is the target of modification by 4-FSO2BzAdo. This residue, which is situated in the polypeptide region connecting two domains of RNA polymerase, was shown to be the primary site of the limited proteolysis occurring in vivo [Ikeda, R. A. & Richardson, C. C. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 3790-3799]. We propose that Lys172 is located outside the active site. Once this residue has reacted with 4-FSO2BzAdo, the nucleoside moiety of the analog is fixed in the NTP-binding site of the active centre and prevents binding of the substrates. Here, Lys172 per se is not important for the activity but serves as an 'anchor' for binding of the inhibitor.

Topics: Adenosine; Amino Acid Sequence; Binding Sites; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Guanosine Triphosphate; Lysine; Molecular Sequence Data; Peptide Fragments; RNA; T-Phages; Transcription, Genetic; Trypsin

The binding of ribosomes to mRNA is analyzed in a fractionated system from wheat germ with [3H]uridine-labeled poly(A)+ RNA prepared from germinating wheat embryos. The reaction requires factors eIF3, eIF4C, and eIF5; Met-tRNA and the Met-tRNA binding system; either GTP or GMP-PNP; ATP; and factors C1 and eIF4A. These requirements are identical to those previously found to be necessary for formation of ribosome X Met-tRNAMeti complexes, with the exception of ATP, and factors C1 and eIF4A. The function of factors C1 and eIF4A is therefore specifically related to the mRNA attachment reaction. The presence of GTP in the mRNA binding reaction results in the formation of 80 S ribosome complexes, while with GMP-PNP only 40 S ribosome complexes are formed. Ribosome binding to native reovirus RNA in the fractionated wheat germ system is similar to the reaction with poly(A)+ RNA, strongly requiring ATP and factors C1 and eIF4A. Binding to inosine-substituted reovirus RNA, however, is only partially dependent upon ATP, and both the ATP-dependent and the ATP-independent binding reactions strongly require factor C1 and are substantially stimulated by factor eIF4A. The ATP-independent reaction is inhibited by pm7GDP, has a strong requirement for Met-tRNAMeti, and the 40 S ribosome complex is stable to RNase. These results indicate that the ATP-independent binding of ribosomes to inosine-substituted reovirus RNA proceeds through the normal initiation process. They further suggest that neither factor C1 nor eIF4A function exclusively to unwind mRNA secondary structure. Since eIF4A is required for the ATP-independent binding to inosine mRNA, and at the same time interacts with ATP in the reaction with ATP-requiring mRNAs, this factor may have two roles in protein chain initiation, one related to the mRNA X ribosome interaction, and one related to the function of ATP.

Topics: Adenosine; Adenosine Triphosphate; Binding Sites; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4A; Guanosine Triphosphate; Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; Inosine; Peptide Initiation Factors; Reoviridae; Ribosomes; RNA, Messenger; RNA, Viral; Triticum

The fluorescent nucleotide analogue 5'-[p-(fluorosulfonyl)benzoyl]-1,N6-ethenoadenosine (5'-FSB epsilon A) was shown previously to react at a GTP inhibitory site on bovine liver glutamate dehydrogenase. The incorporation was limited to 1.28 mol of reagent/mol of subunit and was attributed to 0.95 mol of modified tyrosine/mol of subunit and 0.33 mol of modified lysine/mol of subunit, quantitatively accounting for the total incorporation prior to acid hydrolysis [Jacobson, M. A., & Colman, R. F. (1983) Biochemistry 22, 4247-4257]. The specific tyrosyl peptide modified by 5'-FSB epsilon A has been isolated from a tryptic and chymotryptic digest of modified enzyme by gel filtration and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and characterized by amino acid and amino-terminal analysis. A unique residue, tyrosine-262, was identified as an essential amino acid within the GTP binding site. The stacked conformation of the fluorescent analogue when enzyme bound suggests that tyrosine-262 may be located in the region of the GTP site which binds the purine ring.

Topics: Adenosine; Allosteric Site; Animals; Cattle; Glutamate Dehydrogenase; Guanosine Triphosphate; Liver; Peptides; Tyrosine

Topics: Adenosine; Animals; Binding Sites; Cytosol; Guanosine; Guanosine Diphosphate; Guanosine Triphosphate; In Vitro Techniques; Liver; Manganese; Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP); Rats; Thiourea